Mechanical toy



C. E. IENSEN.

- MECHANICAL Toy.

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C. E. JENSEN.

MECHANICAL Toy. APPLICATION FILED MAR- 3. 19-20. I

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CARL E. JENSEN, 0Fy CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MECHANICAL "nom Specification of Letters Patent.' Y Patented May v24,1921.

Application mea March 3,1920. Yserial No. 363,043.

and useful improvements in toys, and the e primary object of myinvention is to provide a mechanical toy representing two boxing figuresthe construction being such that on rotating a crank, the men will beactuated in such a manner as to simulate two fighting or boxing menthereby providing an entertaining toy. Y

Another object of the invention is to provide an entertaining toy, whichcan be manufactured cheaply, and which is of durable construction.

Vith these and other objects in view, the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter morefully described and finally pointed out in the appended claims, it beingfurther understood that changes in the specific structure shown anddescribed may be made within the scope of the claims without departingfrom the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and inwhich like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the severalviews:

Figure l shows a perspective view of a toy constructed according to myinvention. Fig. 2 is abottom view. Fig. 3 a transverse section. Fig; a adetail of one of the wire members as used in my invention.

In carrying out the aim of my invention, I employ a platform A, havingthe skirting panels a, a, and the transversely extending cleats B. therebeing three of said cleats. Located between the cleats are the fouroppositely positioned slots l, 2, and 3, 4', while held kto `the cleatsB are the two sets of bearings et and 5 and there being three bearingsin each set, as shown.

The bearings 4 and 5 give support to the duplex crank shafts 7 and 8,held in parallel spaced relation, the cranks 9 and 10, and 9 and l0extending in opposite directions, each shaft ending in a'handle h forturning said shafts the handles being connected by means of the link Chaving the operating handle The Acranks 9 .and 9 andlO and 10 Lare lessthan the diameter of the' shafts knuckle c at the end of each crank. As

shown these .cranks extend in alinement with the fslots 1,2, 3, and 4.

Movably heldin said slots are vthewire operating rods E E andF Feachending in a loop o, slidably and loosely engaging a i crank in themanner shown in Fig. 2.

Secured to the upper face of the platform .A arethe two figures H and Krepresenting two boxers. The figures are made of fabric materialexcepting Vthe heads, and are entirely supported by means of the rods EE and F F. The feet of the figures are glued, tacked or otherwise fixedto the platform. As shown in Fig. 4* each rod is wound by means of afabric strip 18, of a size equal to the size of the arms of the figures,each arm ends in boxing mitt 15 and 16.

The wire rods extend through legs L L body and arms M and N of thefigures the ends of the rods projecting beyond the sleeves of thegarment covering each figure as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3.

other soft materialso that the rods can slide up and down freely as wellas be permitted to turn and twist.

By means of the fabric cover forming garments and the stufiing, the rodsare connected at their upper ends. v In order to imitate a prizefighters ring I provide the stakes and cords X. The operation Vof thetoy is very simple, on rotating a shaft the cranks actuate the connectedrods to impart a swaying backward and forward movement to the upper endsof the rods as well as an upward and downward movement resulting in thefists of the figures coming into con- Y tact with the bodies of figureopposite, the movements being very much like the actual movements of aboxer.

As the members E E and F F are of wire they can bereadily bent to insurethe mitts properly hitting the opposite figure. As each shaft 7 and 8has a handle h they can be turned independently as by two operators.

While the illustration and description of this invention is confined toa certain degree of particularity it is to be .realized that in practicevariousalterations and changes may be made, and therefore, the right andprivilege of changing the form of the details The .bodies are stuffedwith wool, 'hair or any `so that there is .provided an enlargement or ofconstruction and otherwise altering the arrangement of the correlatedparts is reserved without departing from the spirit or' the invention orthe scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed as new and uponwhich Letters Patent are solicited is:

l. A mechanical toy comprising a base, a pair of flexible figuresrepresenting boxers arranged on the base and having their feet iixedthereto, a pair of reciprocable rods, extending longitudinally througheach of the figures and attached to the hands of the latter, andoperating meansconnected with the lower ends of the rods to reciproca-tethe same to impart life like movements to the figures.

2. A toy comprising a base, a pair of flexible dolls representing boxersarranged thereon and having their feet attached thereto, a

rods extending vertically through each doll pair ot reciprocable rodsextending longitudinally through the legs, trunk and arms oi' the dollsand haying their extremities attached to the hands of the same and meansfor reciprocating the rods whereby to swing the arms and twist thefigures'from side to side at their trunks in life like fashion.

3. A mechanical toy including a base, having pairs of slots therein aplurality of flexi ble dolls each having its feet secured to the baseabove the slots, a pair of reciprocable the rods being bowed forwardlyintermedij *ate their ends and their upper extremities connected to thehands of the dolls. the lower ends oi the rods projecting through theslots, and crank shafts below the base having operative connection withthe latter ends of the rods to impart life like motion to the dolls.

CARL E. JENSEN.

